What is podcasting? What is the purpose of podcasting? A podcast is a ready to download multimedia file that becomes an MP3. For most students it may be the best thing that has happened to them. Focusing on your teacher talk about one topic longer than 15 minutes can get a little on the boring side but, being able to listen to a lecture again, or hear a story being read by your peers could help jolt your attention. In addition, podcasting is extremely effective in allowing the teacher and students to stay connected outside of the classroom as well as the parents. Podcasts allow students to be creative and innovative and think critically if used in the right manner.
The idea of recording 1st graders in effort to create a script that they could follow along with was an eyebrow raiser. I thought that was a cute way to not only get the children involved as well as helping those struggling readers see the more difficult words that they would normally mumble through. I must say I looked at podcasts as merely just a recording but after reading the post by Langwitch, I actually understand how having students create a podcast allows students to work on such skills like listening, fluency, story telling, and presenting. Those are just a few concepts podcast touch on. More than anything, children learn better by doing and creating a podcast requires lots of hands on work.
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading and watching the podcast videos, I also realized how good it will be to use them in the classroom. I agree with you that children learn better by doing things on their own and creating something they can be listen to over and over. It is a good way to see if they made any mistakes.
One suggestion for you is to watch your run-on sentences, but your concepts and ideas are great!
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